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US reportedly plans to slash bank rules imposed to prevent 2008-style crash

The move follows heavy lobbying by the banking industry, with lenders such as JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs having long complained that competition and lending have been hindered by burdensome rules governing the assets they must hold versus their liabilities.

Regulators are expected to put forward the proposals this summer, aimed at cutting the supplementary leverage ratio that requires big banks to hold high-quality capital against risky assets including loans and derivatives, according to the Financial Times, which cited unnamed sources.

There is a limit to how much you can do to defend yourself against other people's poor life choices. Every time the 1% go for a joyride and crash the economy, the 99% pay the price. But you can choose where to store your funds, and that can make a huge difference. If you put your money into a credit union instead of a conventional bank, then there is much less tendency toward risky ventures because the officers are elected from among the members who keep their money in the credit union. Find a credit union near you.

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Fossil tracks show reptiles appeared on Earth up to 40 million years earlier

The origin of reptiles on Earth has been shown to be up to 40 million years earlier than previously thought -- thanks to evidence discovered at an Australian fossil site that represents a critical time period. Scientists have identified fossilized tracks of an amniote with clawed feet -- most probably a reptile -- from the Carboniferous period, about 350 million years ago.

So exciting! :D

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susandennis

Yesterday Google suggested I try toad in the hole in the air fryer. Take a drinking glass and put it into the center of a piece of bread and press so that you get a nice indentation. Then put the bread in the air fryer. Crack an egg into the indentation. Cook 400 degrees for 8 mins. Gooey center, perfectly crisply toasted bread. Just freakin' amazing. Except, 8 minutes is a lot of minutes. I think this would be a better breakfast on a non volleyball day when I'm not starving after 2 hours of jumping around.

But, still really cool. I think I might stick some bacon in there and try that. Next time.

I am really enjoying this little air fryer. I can't see putting the toaster oven back up any time soon.

I've been reading this book for a while - Famous Last Words by Gillian McAllister. The plot is so good, I want to read it faster to find out what happens but the writing is so good, I want to slow down and savor it. Finally, last night, I got to the last 10% - the last hour - and figured out the basics of the plot. I still need the details but wow. Just wow. I highly recommend. Also she has other books so, if you need me, I'll be inside one of those for the next forevers.

I cannot wait until tonight so I will be finishing it off this morning.

My clothes have all dried so I can get them off of door knobs and hooks and out of the shower where I hung them all yesterday. I just remembered that Bonny still has a key to Myrna's/Dick and Jan's apartment, I think. If so, and I need to wash, I can use the washer/dryer in there. Cool.

The vet kind of fucked up some communications - not fatal, just not smart. As a result, I have Biggie's next prescriptions to go pick up today or tomorrow. Probably tomorrow. I'll bundle in a small grocery shop at the same time.

But no hurry on either.

ysabetwordsmith

This year during Three Weeks for Dreamwidth, I'm writing about goal-setting frameworks for

goals_on_dw. Read Part 1: Introduction to Goal-Setting Frameworks, Part 2: The 1-3-5 Rule, Part 3: The 12-week Year, Part 4: ABCS (Achievable, Believable, Committed, Specific), Part 5: Backward Goal, Part 6: BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goals), Part 7: BSQ (Think Big, Act Small, Move Quick), Part 8: CLEAR (Collaborative, Limited, Emotional, Appreciable, Refinable), Part 9: Goal Pyramid, Part 10: Golden Circle, Part 11: GROW (Goal, Reality, Options, Way Forward), Part 12: HARD (Heartfelt, Animated, Required, Difficult), Part 13: KPI (Key Performance Indicators, Part 14: MASTER (Measurable, Achievable, Specific, Transforming, Evolving, Relevant), Part 15: NCT (Narratives, Commitments, and Tasks), Part 16: OKR (Objectives, Key Results), Part 17: PACT (Purposeful, Aligned, Continuous, Tracked), Part 18: Tiered Goals, Part 19: Theme Word, Part 20: WISE (Written, Integrated, Synergistic, Expansive), Part 21: WOOP (Wish, Outcome, Obstacle, Plan).

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ysabetwordsmith

This year during Three Weeks for Dreamwidth, I'm writing about goal-setting frameworks for

goals_on_dw. Read Part 1: Introduction to Goal-Setting Frameworks, Part 2: The 1-3-5 Rule, Part 3: The 12-week Year, Part 4: ABCS (Achievable, Believable, Committed, Specific), Part 5: Backward Goal, Part 6: BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goals), Part 7: BSQ (Think Big, Act Small, Move Quick), Part 8: CLEAR (Collaborative, Limited, Emotional, Appreciable, Refinable), Part 9: Goal Pyramid, Part 10: Golden Circle, Part 11: GROW (Goal, Reality, Options, Way Forward), Part 12: HARD (Heartfelt, Animated, Required, Difficult), Part 13: KPI (Key Performance Indicators, Part 14: MASTER (Measurable, Achievable, Specific, Transforming, Evolving, Relevant), Part 15: NCT (Narratives, Commitments, and Tasks), Part 16: OKR (Objectives, Key Results), Part 17: PACT (Purposeful, Aligned, Continuous, Tracked), Part 18: Tiered Goals, Part 19: Theme Word, Part 20: WISE (Written, Integrated, Synergistic, Expansive).

Part 20: WISE (Written, Integrated, Synergistic, Expansive)

WISE stands for Written, Integrated, Synergistic, Expansive. First, the goal must be written down to make it clear and committed. Second, it must integrate well with your overall ideals and strategy. Third, it must synergize with your other goals to maximize results. Fourth, it should promote big-picture thoughts to encourage growth.

Three Weeks for Dreamwidth April 25-May 15

Three Weeks for Dreamwidth April 25-May 15

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ysabetwordsmith

These pictures are from the savanna and prairie garden.

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ysabetwordsmith

Today I took some pictures around the yard. These are from the house yard and south lot.

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days_unfolding

A guy from my hometown whom I know on Facebook wants to meet with me. I don’t want to go. I’m going to tell him that my mower guy is coming by tonight to mow and give me an estimate on cleaning my gutters (true). Oh okay, he's asking about the 21st.

Arthritis is bothering me. It's not excruciating, just mildly annoying. My concern is more about my fingers instead of my toes because that could impact working on the computer and piano.

I'm falling asleep at my desk. Crashed hard at lunch and overslept my nap.

I'm looking into BistroMD again. I got tired of their food, but I did lose weight on it.

83F/28C. It's hot upstairs. It feels like 10 degrees cooler downstairs, so I won't turn on the a/c yet. You can feel the heat as you walk upstairs. I'm wondering if I should get an air conditioner or bite the bullet and buy a heat pump for upstairs. I spend a lot of time in my home office upstairs. I'm running a fan by my desk. It's hotter in Urbana than it is in Miami. And a lot hotter than Chicago.

It's kind of giving me the creeps that people with whom I worked at the beginning of my tech writing career have passed away. But they were a lot older than me, so it shouldn't be surprising.

I got the strawberry pot. And the Japanese Spirea.

Hum. I'm wondering if I should go to bed really early and get up early to work on the upstairs. It's too hot to work on it during the evening unless I stay up really late.

Oliver went over to see what Lily was doing. She was flat out because of the heat, and swatted at him. He walked away to lie down on the floor too.

Mower guy said that the lawn was too wet to mow. It was foggy this morning.

For my guest room, I was looking at the 8-drawer Van Gogh dresser that susandennis bought. But eight drawers is really more than I need. I found a 3-drawer version. If someone has more clothes, they can put them in the closet. Though if I got the 8-drawer one, I could keep colored pencils and such in some of the drawers. And some travel stuff.

Speaking of travel stuff, I looked at the linen outfit that I wanted to wear on the plane, and the color that I wanted is sold out. I could do a black-and-white top and white pants and a white blazer. I bought a “flax” top and pants and a “driftwood” blazer. That should look okay with my brown shoes.

Done with work. I have a cat (Oliver) in my face and a dog being manic. Fed us all. I was going to take a nap, but it’s late enough that I should probably go to bed for the night.

I started reading a new biography of Jennie Churchill. It’s interesting.

I’m feeling kind of dizzy.

Bella is out cold on her bed. She got up when I did though.

palusbuteo

I just noticed on LinkedIn a moment ago (when I tapped on my profile to check the status of a post) that the site offers "Puzzle Games"

and I found that kind of ironic, seeing as it's the Business Facebook, and I lose count of how many (AI gen) posts I see about how we're all lazy AF and we need to just work harder, or that we need to work harder more often for longer periods of time to prove that we're "adding value" to the corporate model and other atrocious bullshit.

So yeah, "waste time" by playing puzzle games on LinkedIn in between those job searches for ghost jobs that don't exist and reviewing "matched" job ops posted by AI gen sponsored bots with the little checked symbol telling you they're legit AI gen profile that wants to tell you about SEO

Yanno, waste your time on linkedin while you waste your time on Linkedin.

ysabetwordsmith

Based on an audience poll, this is the free epic for the May 6, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl making its $200 goal. It is spillover from the April 1, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from

see_also_friend. It also fills the "Coastal Style" square in my 4-1-25 card for the Aesthetics Bingo fest. This poem belongs to the series Peculiar Obligations.

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taz_39

Monday, up early again for transcription. It was raining hard and looking like an all day rain, which is wonderful as we've been in a drought.

I transcribed and had breakfast, then shot over to Walmart for cough drops for Jameson and some special ice creams that we've been waiting to appear on shelves! Pop Tart ice cream sandwiches, and Butterfinger bars!

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We have also been waiting for Rice Krispy Treat ice cream sandwiches and Eggo Waffle ice cream, but those have not been forthcoming yet :p Ah, it's good to be bad!

Back home to show the haul to Jameson. He was in the process of getting more info from Disney about his new job. He'll receive a work-only cell phone and a work laptop, his choice of Mac or PC. They are also working on setting up a music studio for his use. How official! How awesome!

The rest of my day was just plugging away at transcription. I was able to get most of it done, but even with going at it for 6-7 hours today I'll still have to spend 3 hours on the review and edit tomorrow. Argh. Didn't get to go for a walk or practice or plan dinner. We ordered taco salads and tried the Butterfinger bars. They are very good and were worth buying.

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Tuesday, up at 6am to finish transcribing and start the review process. I hate to get up so early on one of my few days that I COULD sleep in, but there is so much that I should be doing BESIDES transcription, and I need it out of my face.

So, coffee and an hour of typing followed by breakfast and almost four straight hours of poring over text and audio to catch errors. With breaks to pee and stretch and chat with Jameson, I finished it all at 11:30 and submitted the one job that's due 48 hours from now. The others I'll submit on one of the Epic days.

That out of the way, still a lot to do. To the grocery for dinner ingredients, then lunch. Packing meals for Epic, practicing for an hour, taking down my listings for my old trombone stuff and dragging said stuff out to the curb for bulk pickup tomorrow.

In the middle of all that I got a nice notice from LJ, about having won a year of professional service from participating in the LJ Birthday hashtag thing:

This is very nice, and I'm grateful :)
Because I'm American and can't pay like I ought to, I'd hoped to win, and put significant effort into the entry.
Just wish that I could pay and not be a leech, and not have to worry about it!

For dinner I made us a buffalo chicken recipe from Half-Baked Harvest that Jameson likes a lot.

He startled me several times today by laughing, humming to himself, openly smiling, and generally being chipper.
It's been so long since he's been actually happy about something that I forgot what it's like!

That makes me sad. But that's clinical depression.
Long-term. Hard to break out of. Always lurking, even when by all appearances things are going well.

He basically hasn't had employment-based validation since the pandemic.
And on top of that, his body has been betraying him these past few years (kidney stones, hernia, arm muscle atrophy and surgery.)
And on top of THAT, constant job rejections and interviews that led to nowhere.
All of this led to this depression in him, that has lasted for YEARS.

Like Jameson, I also get a lot of personal value from my work. Unlike him, I can glean validation from most any TYPE of work as long as it's useful to society OR I am appreciated on some level by bosses and colleagues. But Jameson has specific expectations of himself, or needs more specific validation...I don't fully understand, I just know that he needs something that he hasn't been getting since 2019.

For now, I'm grateful to have The Real Jameson back for a bit. I hope he sticks around longer this time :)

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Wednesday...

7 DAYS UNTIL EPIC UNIVERSE IS OPEN.

It seems like just yesterday we were crowding into orientation, excited and nervous, wondering how we were gonna memorize all that music, shocked that we were also being asked to ACT and do CHOREOGRAPHY. In just a few days this park will be officially complete and open; the rehearsal period will be over, and a new phase will begin.

It's been an amazing journey. I'm so grateful to be a part of this massive, exciting new theme park!!

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I drove straight to Epic and practiced bass trombone.

Right as I was wrapping up, Jameson sent a picture of his official offer letter for the position of Producer with Disney Event Group. He'd gotten it, and a contract to sign, this morning.

(this is the logo used at the top of his offer letter.)

Just a few hours after that, I received the American Federation of Musicians official contract for Beauty and the Beast.
Took a picture and sent it to Jameson. Signed it and sent it off.

Wow.
Life is SO STRANGE.

We are so, so fortunate.
Not only do we get to experience these monumental career highs...
...we also get to do it at the same time, and with the same company!!!

No matter what happens next, no one can take this moment away from us :)

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My day was normal otherwise. It was hot and sunny, we did all of our sets without the cart or Plume. The cart is supposed to be back with us by Saturday, so that's good.

Partway through the day Universal announced that they'll be livestreaming a special Grand Opening event on the night of the 21st, starting at 7pm EST.

We knew that there was an event planned; I'd already been scheduled to work that day and was asked to stay and perform three additional sets for a bit of extra money. So I'll be there for whatever happens, though I won't get to see much because I'll be working. YOU can watch the whole thing, though! I hope whatever-it-is is really cool!!

Additionally, I got a detailed route sheet from Beauty and the Beast. It's a document that shows which hotels we'll be staying in on tour, whether we'll be taking buses or flights between cities, and other small details like rehearsal days and some venue info.

I need this info to complete my Foodie Finds, but also to help plan whether or not to take buyouts and book my own travel or housing. And also, receiving this kind of detailed info really locks you into a tour; they only give it to people who WILL be traveling with them. It's a huge security risk otherwise. So, all of this makes everything REAL. It's really happening! I know I keep saying that but it's been so hard to believe without a scrap of paperwork.

(Regarding tour buyouts: When on tour, the production company books hotel rooms for the entire traveling company, but sometimes people want to visit with relatives, save money by pooling on an Airbnb, rent a car instead of riding the company bus, etc. To accommodate this, the company offers what's called a buyout, where you let them know that you want to book your own shit in X city and they give you the money that they would've spent on your housing or travel. It's really convenient!)

There are a few things in this BATB info that tells me this tour will be different, in a good way.
One of those is that we MIGHT get our own storage boxes that will travel by truck!!
That means I could bring more than what fits in my luggage! What a luxury!

The other thing is that nearly all of the hotels are EXTENDED STAY.
That means REAL REFRIGERATORS!!!!!! OH MY GOD!!!!!

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Thursday: Another day at Epic.

Friday: Jameson and I celebrate our career success with a day at Hollywood Studios!

Saturday: Lots to do, but hopefully catching a little bit of rest too.

Sunday: Day with Disney and the Main Street Phil :)

fauxklore

I started off 2025 with a lot of routine activities, e.g. playing Code Names (our favorite board game) over zoom with friends, the Grimm folktales discussion group, and my needlework group.

There was a Travelers’ Century Club meeting in early January, at which I happened to be sitting next to someone who was from the town where I went to high school (My home town still doesn’t have its own high school.) In February, there was an excellent Virtual Explorations presentation on Cybersecurity for Travelers, preceded by the Book Club discussion on A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks.

I was only able to go to part of Paul Joskow’s talk on Climate Change Policy in MIT Hillel’s Leading Jewish Minds series. The talks are recorded, but it is hard finding time to go back and watch recordings.

I made it to the February Jewish Genealogy Society of Greater Washington meeting (over zoom), which focused on the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana. This was basically preparation for the upcoming IAJGS conference in Fort Wayne in August.

American Opera Initiative: My first excursion to the Kennedy Center this year was to see the annual American Opera Initiative, which consists of three 20-minute operas. The first one was Tati by composer Kyle Brenn and Librettist Lex Brown. The plot had to do with three people - an activist running from a criminal charge, a pregnant marine biologist who is the activist’s partner, and the investor who was responsible for the bioengineered blue whale the three of them are living in. The problem is that the whale is dying. The premise kept my interest and the music seemed to fit the theme well, so I thought this was fairly successful.

The second opera was Cry, Wolf by composer JL Marlor and librettist Clare Fuyuko Bierman. The plot had to do with a college student who wants a girlfriend. His brother is visiting and the two of them are influenced by an incel to be lone wolves. This was effectively creepy, particularly when they ended with a chorus of howling.

The final opera was Mud Girl by composer Omar Jajimi and librettist Christine Evans. The story has to do with two homeless women - one middle-aged (Maude) and one much younger (River) - who live under a bridge in a post-apocalyptic world. River creates an AI creature (named Poly) out of plastic trash. The gimmick was that Poly was played by 2 singers. This got the best reviews of the three, but I liked it the least. All three of the operas were dystopian, but this one had the least subtlety to it.

Stupid Accident: Early in February, I was meeting a friend who was visiting from out of town. We were going to have lunch at Immigrant Foods and go to Planet Word, which is an excellent museum about language. On the way there, after a detour because I was wrong about what street the museum is on, I face planted after tripping on a curb. I wasn’t seriously injured, but I sure looked beaten up. We did have a nice lunch and an even nicer chat, but I skipped the museum part.

Schmigadoon: In February, the Kennedy Center had a live version of Schmigadoon, which had been a 6 part series on Apple TV+. Since I am a hopeless musical theatre geek, of course I loved the series. Which meant that I had to see this on stage. Overall, it was reasonably true to the TV series, although Josh was played by Alex Brightman who, unlike Keegan-Michael Key who played the part on TV, is white. That meant that the interracial aspect of Josh’s relationship with Melissa (played by Sara Chase) was missing. There were also a few added songs. There are inherent differences between watching the show all in one piece versus over several weeks, so it felt a bit exhausting. But it was still a fun evening.

susandennis

The dirty cheap condo, closed today.

April 28 - offer signed - closed today, 16 days later.

They did sell for less than the already fire sale price. That buyer got a heck of a deal.

My offer was signed April 30. My closing will not be until the 20th and probably a week or more after that.

susandennis

My wonderful washer/dryer combo is, once again, broken. It spins and spins but does not dry. Again.

Thankgod I bought the extended warranty.
Thankgod I got an appointment this week - Friday.
Thankgod I can easily afford the $50 deductible - if this had been two months ago, I think I'd have just worn dirty clothes for the rest of my life.
Thankgod there is nothing in today's load that I need to wear tonight cause it is hung all over my house and far far far from dry.
Thankgod it is not housecleaning day.

It is the load where I washed my heaviest cardigan and also the heavy track suit. UGH. They may not be dry before it's even fixed.

I have enough clean, dry underwear to last until Friday.

Booking the appointment was a horror show but now I know how to do it. I just hope I never have to again. BUT if this is like last time, he has to order a part that will take no telling how long to get.

Fuck Fuck Fuck. I love this machine but its bad days are horrible.

Edit later... also glad I didn't have something scheduled for Friday and, if all else fails, and I have to give up the machine cause it's a loser, Timber Ridge owes me a washer and a dryer anyway. There was a set here and I had them move it out. I'll just have them move a pair back in. Shouldn't cost me a thing.

So not a tragedy at all.

ysabetwordsmith

From this old post that was referenced by

rebeccmeister:

How to do anything in 6 steps
1. I listen (i.e., find out what the project is to be)
2. I think about it (make plans)
3. I get ready (gather tools and materials)
4. I do it!
5. I clean up
6. I celebrate

That's a very useful system that applies to most projects.

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susandennis

I cleared off two closet shelves, added the box of stuff that's been waiting for a week and there are still 5 drawers empty. Now, that's luxury, folks.

Also that dark corner was becoming a kind of dump spot and the stuff that was dumped there now have new homes.

Trash gone, everything put away except for one box - a foldable - still out because Biggie has claimed it. Julio has an eye on it.

ysabetwordsmith

Today is cloudy and warm.

I fed the birds. I've seen several sparrows and house finches, a catbird, and a blackbird.

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 5/14/25 -- I put out the flats of pots and watered them.

EDIT 5/14/25 -- I planted the 'Poquito' orange anise hyssop at the base of the barrel garden. I figure the hummingbirds will like it, since I couldn't find a jumbo salvia this year.

EDIT 5/14/25 -- I planted the iris 'Aureovariegata yellow' at the base of the barrel garden. Its leaves are creamy green with wide yellow streaks. :D

EDIT 5/14/25 -- I moved the 4 big smooth pots from the top of the new picnic table to the ground along the south bench. This makes room for the remaining 3 fluted pots to be added later, and gives me 3 tiers of planting space on the side.

EDIT 5/14/25 -- I filled a big fluted pot with half compost and half potting soil. I planted a 'Chocolate Sprinkles' tomato in it. These were a big favorite last year, so I bought 2 of them. Regrettably I'm out of marigolds. I may just use seeds in that one. I put the pot on top of the new picnic table.

EDIT 5/14/25 -- I potted up the second 'Chocolate Sprinkles' tomato the same way.

I've seen a male cardinal.

EDIT 5/14/25 -- I potted up a 'Carmen' Italian sweet pepper in the last of the big fluted pots and put it on the picnic table.

I've seen a brown-headed cowbird.

EDIT 5/14/25 -- I took several 'Ambrosia' melon plants that came in the same small pot, and put them in a much bigger pot which I moved to the new picnic table. The fruit looks like a cantaloupe but is actually an exotic melon.

EDIT 5/14/25 -- I took some pictures around the yard.

EDIT 5/14/25 -- I sowed seeds for goldenberry and 'Aunt Molly's' ground cherry in large pots on the patio.

EDIT 5/14/25 -- I planted coreopsis 'Permathread Red Satin' and yarrow 'Firefly Red Pop' below the barrel garden.

EDIT 5/14/25 -- I planted a 'Husker Red' penstemon in the wildflower garden. A spike of white flowers is blooming there, something I don't recognize, but very pretty.

The first purple-and-ivory iris is blooming in the wagonwheel garden. The first two dark purple irises are blooming in the tulip bed.

I've seen two brown thrashers, a lady cardinal, the black-sided skunk, and a fox squirrel.

EDIT 5/14/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

I watered the newly planted things.

I brought in the flats of pots, now down to 3 partial flats.

As it is getting dark, I am done for the night.

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susandennis

Of all the U.S. weather, ours is the best. Unless you like it really hot. Here we are in mid-May and it's not yet 50 degrees out with rain. It's lovely. It will get hot. In August and maybe July. But not for long and not very and, when it does, it is desert dry so not at all sticky. It's really the best. I used to conjure on if I moved, where would I move. I even did some light research. Once I cleared the political and cultural hurdles, I focused on weather and no place I found even came close.

The new dresser did arrive yesterday afternoon. But I wanted to enjoy the freshly cleaned apartment before I tackled the project. Every Tuesday afternoon, after the cleaner leaves, it feels like a fresh start. Everything is in its place and all the surfaces are shiny clean. My kitchen and entryway have hard wood floors. It's the first time I've ever had hardwood and I am not a fan. I love my carpet but also this floor grabs every spec of dust it can find and displays it triumphantly. By Monday afternoon, the corners are white with dust and crud. At one point, the idiot marketing person suggested that in lieu of the white carpet they so desperately wanted me to keep, I just get hardwood throughout. Fuck no. And, now that I've lived with it, double/triple fuck no.

So this morning, I'll assemble and set up. And then fill.

I'm seriously considering getting Comcast Wifi back. The free wifi here is mostly fine but when it goes down, it seems to take forever to get all my stuff back running successfully. Last night, there was a 10 minute outage which is ok but then I have to reset up the printer, the router, the echo devices... The network stays up but has no internet. So everything kind of half works but not really. It's just a pain. But is it a pain worth $xx a month? I don't even know what xx is and finding out is more of a pain. I have to deal with a special department and getting to that department is even a pain. So maybe an outage here or there ain't so bad.

Baseball starts early today so that will be nice background while I work.

ysabetwordsmith

I had the camera out at dusk to take pictures of the completed trough pot project, so I got some sunset pictures too.

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ysabetwordsmith

Today's project was filling a set of trough pots and securing them to the benches of the new picnic table. (This is from Tuesday, but it's after midnight so the date reads Wednesday. See some "before" pictures.) There are 6 troughs total, although one already had wild strawberries in it from earlier. Each bench holds 3 troughs. I got these and a bunch of other pots when Big Lots went out of business.

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